City Insights Lecture - People Who Need People

Professor John Rust, Director of The Psychometrics Centre, delivered his lecture "People Who Need People: Does Psychometrics Have A Place in Staff Selection?" on 26th February 2004 in the Oliver Thomson Lecture Theatre at City University .

The University holds six Insight Lectures each year, featuring key academics talking about focal issues in research and practice. The lectures are open to the public, professions and the media.

Given the huge growth in interest in testing and the increase in test use in large companies, what are the real facts and issues behind the headlines? And what direction should new research and development take to create the next generation of instruments.